Exercising apparatus



(N0 MOdl.)

R. REACH.

EXERGISING APPARATUS.

No. 399,632. Patented Mar. l2, 1889.

MTE STATES ROBERT REACH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT OFFICE.

EXERCISING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,632, dated March 12, 1889.

Application led June 27, 1888. Serial No. 278,343. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT REACH, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Exercising Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my in vention is to improve the construction of the ordinary exercising apparatus known as a horizontal bar to make it adjustable to various heights wit-hout in any degree lesscning its strength, and to arrange a suppcrting-frame for the same simple in construction but effective in giving support to the bar from every direction, and at the same time adapting it to be put up in comparatively small space and by an unskilled person.

In the drawing, the Iigure represents a perspective view of my invention.

In the drawing I have represented the upright posts as being composed of metal; but it will be nnfilerstood that they may be made of wood, if desired, and in that case a different arrangement of supports may be used 5 but I prefer to make my improved apparatus entirely of metal with the exception of the horizontal bar.

The vertical posts are shown at A A. In the drawing they are represented as being held in sockets d c and secured there by means of setscrews- These sockets project from plates t l), which are securely fastened to the Ytl oor. rl`he upper en ds of the post A are iitted with caps d, which caps are provided with sockets set at an angle tothe sockets provided for the post, and these sockets receive the upper ends of strengthening-rods or braces B B, which extend rearwardly to the enter end of the Hoor-plates, being held there in a socket provided for the purpose, as shown. In order to support the posts from lateral movement I connect guy-wires to the cap at the upper end of the post and extend them laterally to turnbuckles, which are connected with a suitable staple in the fioor.

The horizontal jumping and vaulting bar may be made of suitable material, preferably stout Wood of a springy nature, and this bar is tted in sockets ff, preferably square, so as 5o to prevent the turning of the bar, the ends of the bar being likewise square, so as to Iit the sockets. These sockets are adjustable on the vertical post and have a tubular extension, g, encircling the post provided with a set-screw and handle for operating the same on the rear side thereof, so that the sockets may be set rigidly in position when the proper height is secured.

In order to prevent twisting of the bar under 6o excessive strain I provide the sockets with a semi-tubular downwardly-extending portion 7L, terminating in a tubular portion at its lower end, as shown at i. This forms a long bearing for the socket and makes a very strong and firm construction. The posts may be provided with graduation -marks, and by means of these a horizontal bar may be adjusted to any determined height.

I claim as my inventionl. An exercising apparatus consisting of vertical posts A A, a horizontal bar, sockets for receiving the ends of said bars, said sockets having bearings encircling the posts in line with the bar and provided with a second bearing-point at a distance from the Iirst, substantially as described.

2. An exercising apparatus consisting of vertical posts A A, set in sockets in baseplates, cap-pieces for said vertical posts, and 8o supportingrods extending directly to the rear, iitting in sockets in the cap-pieces and baseplates, combined with a horizontal bar supported on the vertical posts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

ROBT. REACH. IVitnesses:

I. N. CLARK, Einw. E. OULLEN. 

